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You do have to wonder, if all this right wing/WEF conspiracy theory stuff is such totally groundless paranoid tripe, why does the mainstream go to such lengths to suppress it? Why not let it be exposed to the full gaze of public opinion and scrutiny? Just sayin'.

Must've gotten the idea from "Fargo".

Not going to happen due to a combination of apathy on one hand, and on the other the indoctrination by mainstream media, etc, that the only people who talk like that are head cases. Therefore they don't even consider it a possibility and therefore don't look closely at what's happening, it's possible causes and outcomes, and who always benefits no matter what the event. Another factor which increases over time is that to admit to even the possibility of there being a global agenda is to admit that (a) you may have been taken for a fool, and (b) those that you poured scorn on as being idiots, may in some cases actually be a better thinker than you. Therefore people just fix their gaze on the latest media distraction (there's always one somewhere) while the wheels of the global agenda just keep turning away. All the above merely conjecture of-course, I don't have a feckin' clue what's actually happening!

I would suggest that possibly the main reason that Brexit is struggling to fulfil it's potential is because it hasn't actually happened. Our either inept, or ulterior motivated, politicians, have succeeded in dragging us in to a sort of weird political "no-mans-land" where we have kinda left the EU, but not really, yet we have certainly failed so far to rejoin the rest of the world. But then that was always the big catch 22 afflicting the "remain" campaign, they're biggest selling point would have been to come out and tell us what a complete world of shit we'd be getting ourselves in to by trying to leave the EU, yet to do so would also have been an admission of the degree to which our lives have been taken over by them.

Someone with a much greater knowledge of such things than I, recently told me that the very concept of the "internet forum" is very much in decline due to the increasing use of other forms of (un?)social media. That being the case, what we have here is very much worth looking after and maybe even worth making a wee bit of effort to sustain. Without such, there is a danger that your statement simply becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. Which would be a great pity. Personally, I wouldn't like what's here not to be here. *edit* - warts and all!

To try and get back to something more interesting, what y'all make of the situation in Italy? Will it amount to anything or will the EU snuff it out and get back control before it gets the chance to build momentum?

No, not worried about building regs. However, if someone can give me a practical reason why it would be better avoided I'll certainly listen and take it onboard.

With my own lot yes. But I can't be content with the state of the world as it is. A young fella hung himself on my in-laws estate a couple of days ago while his parents were on holiday. Turns out now that the day before it happened he'd been out in the road "arguing with himself", plenty seen him but nobody done anything, except probably lock their doors. Such things sadden and depress me, and they're happening everywhere, everyday, and nobody gives a shit, not really. Hard to be content with all that's going on.

I'm pretty much directly in the middle of that scale, haven't a lot of money and don't earn much nowadays, but ain't got tuppence of debt. Should I be happy or sad?

That's a good point actually, it is indeed possible that most of what it leaks is while still warm after use.

I've been prone to white finger for probably the past 20yrs or so, haven't much hassle with it now as I've learned how to manage it pretty well. I've used the Dolmar a fair bit on a number of days and had no trouble. OK, that's not having it going constantly in your hands from morning to evening every day for a few weeks, but you'll not be buying a secondhand 100 quid saw for that job anyway.

Yeah, I'm hoping the fact that the uninsulated part is indoors will save the day. If it was going through an external wall and upwards I'd definitely go insulated but if it works the heat from the steel flue will be useful background heat in the other part of the building as well.

Mine leaks at the oil outlet from the tank, which is like a rubber bung type thingy with a pipe running through it. I've removed it and resealed it numerous times but it always starts leaking again, more in warmer weather, less in cold weather when the oil is thicker. From what I can gather, that's where most of them leak from as well. Therefore, leaving the saw on it's side with the fill caps downwards would prevent it but it leaks so little in reality that I seldom bother.

I'm probably a bit biased but I think if your house suits it, then a good second-hand solid fuel cooker is the way to go. Good big fire box, durable, good boiler output, will burn just about anything you put in it, very controlable, and bakes the best sponge cakes you'll ever eat. Put in as big a hot water cylinder with it as you have room for, plus another feed for your existing radiators. A bit of money to spend but not outrageous.

Was that not the very principle behind the creation of ebay? And it worked very well for a good number of years too before it became just another online store. Twenty plus years ago I picked up some terrific parts off it for my oldest bikes, usually from people who'd had them laying around since the 70's when the bikes were contemporary. They were happy that they'd gotten a few quid for clutter but also that someone was getting some use out of them. Then the computer boom happened, then the "e-commerce" boom happened, and human nature done the rest!

Handiness I think is the key. Simply being able to pick something up and use it (assuming you keep on top of battery management) with no fuel to fill and engine to start, or no lead to unravel and plug in, is in lots of instances a decent trade off for what may be a lack of out and out performance. I've gone to cordless sheep shears in the past few months, and now a cordless blower, both working well but a fair investment in both cases. To me cordless is certainly now worthy of consideration in many instances but by no means will always be the best option.

KTM Duke is nice. Looks good, decent confidence inspiring riding position, goes pretty well. Not often I recommend anything beyond the big four which speaks volumes for it.

Maybe not "windy" as such, but surrounding area would be flatish and to the south and west is a huge natural floodplain so there's certainly no adverse conditions to allow for.

Previously I provided background heat for my small shop from an oil-filled electric radiator, but when I realised that was going to be a considerably more expensive option in future I decided to pay a visit to my local stove supplier and see what I could pick up to replace it. Long story short, I got an ex-demo Burley Hollywell which had been returned from their other branch because they found it difficult to light (the reason for which became obvious at a later date) therefore the vermiculite boards weren't even blackened, for a very respectable 500 quid cash, and no VAT. It's been sitting all summer simply because there's always something else here that needs doing, but now installing it is what needs doing, or at least the first moves in that direction. So, the first run of flue will be two 45 degree bends with a straight bit in the middle to take it from the shop part of the building, through an internal wall and out in to the main part of the building and from there it will be roughly 8 or 9 ft straight up and through the roof. For that straight run I have heavy sidewall 9in mild steel flue pipe laying about which I could use, it would also give off a bit of heat along it's length in to the space which it's running through, but, will it loose too much heat to allow the flue to draw properly? If it didn't work, I could always put a flexible liner through it and fill around it with vermiculite, but if there was much likelihood of that happening I'd just put in a length of twin-wall flue pipe from the get go and be done. Thoughts?

Looka a good 'un too. Oh, and in case anybody wonders, I know feck all about it or the person selling it, just going by the photos and having one of my own.

Word salad!

Were we not told by the remainers that any talk of the EU making governmental decisions for member states was paranoid nonsense. That being the case, how can the EU actually impose a tax on anybody or anything?

There was someone on here this morning asking for a guide price for a 109 Dolmar. It'll be a superior saw in pretty much every way to anything you'll buy new for £200, or even more.

Count me in. 👍 Oh, and here preferably, don't have instagram.

Surely a good Presbyterian wouldn't be at a bar in the first place? Or have I got that wrong somewhere.